Box-making machine.



No. 663,223. 4Patented Dec. 4, |900.

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E. nom, Excutrix. BOX MAKING MACHINE.

(Appumio :ma my 7, 189s.)

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E. nom, Executrix. BOX MAKING MACHINE.

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E. DUIG, Executrix. B0Xv IIAKUIG MACHINE.

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No. 663,223. Patented Dec. 4, i900.

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E nou; Execufnx BOX MAKING MACHINE.

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BOX MAKING MACHINE.

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BOX MAKING MACHINE.

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BOX MAKING MAGHINE.

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WIILLAM s. noie, or NW YORK, N. Y., EMMA noie ExEcUTRIx or sAnj wiLLIAM s. Dole, DEoEAsED.

sox-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N-o. 663,223, dated December 4, 1900.

Application tiled May '7, 1,898.: Serial No. 620,05@ (No model.)

.To all when@ it may concern,.- Be it known thatI, WILLIAM S. DOIG, aciti- Zen of the United States,residing in New York city, borough of Brooklyn, New York, have invented certain newand Vuseful Improvements in Box-Making Machines, of which the following is a speciflcatiom This invention relates to improvements in box-making machines, and more particularly 1o to the class of machines adapted for making circular boxes, such as those adapted for containing cheese, which boxes have a circular head and au annular side made from a strip or bandof wood nailed to said head, the over- I5 lapping portions of said strip or band being nailed or tacked together.

rlhe invention consists in a box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby, a gate connected 2o with said frame, means carried by said gateV for clamping a box-head to said former, means for rotating said head and former, and

means for driving nails into the box side and for nailing the box to said head.

The invent-ion further consists in a box` making machine comprising a frame, a boxside former rotatively carried thereby, agate` pivotally connected with said frame, means for clamping a box-head to said box-side .3o former, a guide located beneath said former adapted to hold the box -head in position against the former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head.

'lhe'inventitni further consists in a boxmaking machine comprising a frame, a horizou'ral shaft carried thereby, a box-side former` carried by said shaft and comprising means for increasing and decreasing its diameter,` 4o said shaft being adjustably held to enable` ils location to be altered, means adjustably machine embodying my improvements.

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thereby and having a pair ofpivoted jaws and bores leading thereto, one of said bores being adapted to receive a nail, a plunger adapted to reciprocate in the other bore, l means for.operating said plunger, and means for holding said jaws closed.

The invention also consists in the novel details of improvement and the combinations of parts, that will be more fully hereinafter set 6o forth and then pointed out in ithe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure lis an end elevation of a box-making Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof looking from the left in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig.

2 looking from the right in Fig. l. Fig. at is a vertical longitudinal central section, enlarged,through the main parts of the machine. 7o Fig. 4a is a detail face view of the worn1-plate for adjusting the diameter of the box-side former, taken on the line an m in Fig. 4t, look- Fig. 4b is a perspective view of the guide 168. Fig. 5 75 is an enlarged vertical cross-section of the main operative parts of the machine, showing '7iL is a perspective view of the knife holding 83 means. Fig. 8 is adetail cross-section on the plane of line 8 8 in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is asimilar view on the plane of the line 9 9 in Fig. '7. Fig. l0 is a side elevation of the nailing devices that are shown used in connection with 9o this machine. Fig. l1 is a plan view thereof. Fig. l2 is an enlarged detail plan view showing the connection between the tilting nailpan and its stationary chute. Fig. 13 is a front elevation of the nail-selecting devicesgg and Fig. 14 is a section on the line 2 2 in Fig. l.v

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals and letters of reference indic-ate corresponding parts in the several views, l indicates generally the main frame of the machine, which may be of suitable construction.

2 is a shaft arranged horizontally in frame Fig. 5.

in such manner that it can rotate. The bearings 3 are shown in the form of boxes that are adapted to be raised and lowered to alter the position of shaft 2, for a purpose that will be described hereinafter. The shaft 2 carries the box-side former or head upon which a band or strip of Wood 4 is adapted to be wound to form the circular side of the box. (See Fig. 5.) This box-side former is shown composed of a plurality of segmental plates orstrips 5,

vhaving their convex surfaces extended outwardly and being located parallel to shaft 2, and these plates or strips are carried by arms 6, that are suitably connected with said shaft. The outer surfaces of the plates 5 lare all at equal distances from the axis of shaft 2, and thus lie in a circumference described around said shaft, whereby as the strip or band 4 is wound upon them it will assume a circular form, as seen in Fig. 5.

In order to produce circular boxes of various transverse diameters, the plates 5 of the box-side former are made adjustable toward and from shaft 2, and for this purpose I have shown the arms 6 as provided with rack-teeth 6a, and these arms passinto slots or sockets a b in the inner faces of disks 7 8, that are secured upon shaft 2. The disk 7 is shown provided with a square central opening to receive the squared end 2a of shaft 2, and the disk 8 is shown provided with a hub 8, that has `a set-screwSb for holding said disk rigidly upon said shaft. Upon shaft2 between disks 7 Vand 8 is journaled a rotative sleeve 9, that has annular bosses or flanges 9 9b 4at its ends, and the outer faces of these disks or bosses are provided with spirally-arran'ged o'r worm-like threads 10, that mesh with lherack-teeth 6a on arms 6. (See Fig.l 4.) By this :means as the sleeve 9 is rotated to the right or left the ar'is 6 will be moved outwardlyor inwardly, as the case may be, in `order to increase ordecreas'e the diameter of the box-side former or head. (See Fig. 4.) I have shown the vsleeve 9 'as `provided with cap'stan-bars 11 for rotating Yit and with set-screws 12 ladapted to hold 'said sleeve rigidly upon shaft 2 duringoperations. Upon one of the plates 5 of thelboX-side former or head is provided means for holding the Vend of the 'wooden strip, band, or dbox side 4, vso as to wind the latter upon the formeras it rotates. For this purpose I have shown a hook-like plate 13, that is secured to the plate 5 and extends parallel therewith, as shownin The free edge of this hook is at such a distance from the extending edge of "plate 5 as to enable the end of the wooden strip 4 to be passed therebetween, `and when the boxside former is rotated the strip4 will be drawn around by the former in annular shape in the manner shown in Fig. 5. In orderto permit the band or wooden strip 5 to be properly presented to the hook 13 and to be held down while being wound upon the box-side former to assistin bending it, I have shown a presser- 'r bottom is located.

arm 14, that is provided with a roller 15, adapted to bear upon strip 4, (see Fig. 5,) which presser-arm is shown carried by a lever 16, fulcru med on a support 17, suitably carried by frame 1. (See Figs.y 1, 2, and 5.) The presser-arm 14 is adapted to be raised to permit the passage of strip 4 to hook 13 and then to be depressed so as to bear upon said strip, and for this purpose the lever 16 is to be held firmly in the latter position. To accomplish this, the lever 16 is shown provided with a locking-lever 18, that is pivoted to lever 16, as at 18, between the ends of lever 18. The lower end of lever 18 is adapted to rest in steps 1-9 192L in a block 20, carried by frame 1, these steps being at different heights, as .shown in Fig. 5. A spring 21 connects lever 16 with frame 1, being shown connected to the pivot 18a and to a hook 22, secured to frame 1. (See 5.) By this means when the 'presser-arm 14 is lto be` applied to band 'or strip V4 the lower e-'nd `of lever 18 is set in one of lthe steps 19 or 19L and then raised up, said step acting a fulcrum for said lever, whereupon lever 16 will be tilted to force the presser-arm 14 upon the strip or band 4. It will be understood that th'esteps 19 19a are on dierent planes, so as to provide for box sides 'of diier'ent diameters-that is to say, if the end of lever 18 rests instep 19 the presserari'n 14 canbe depressed more than when said lever rests in step 19', the latter position of the parts accommodating a 'box of greater transverse diameter than the first-mentioned positiol.

23 is a rigid a'rln secured to frame 1 and 'projecting parallel to presser-arm 14, and

upon this arm is a roller 24, upon which the band or strip 4 is adapted to rest, from which it will be understood that the roller `24 acts as a lguide for the band or strip 4 to permit its passage under the presser-arm -14 of the box- 'Sid fOllI'el.

By examining Fig. 5 it will :Ue'seen that the band or strip 4 when passing to the box-side former will be'heldahdfirmly compressed between said former, the presser-arm 14, and the :stationary arm 23, whereby as said band or strip is carried around by the box-side former it will be properly bent in a circular direction.

rIt will `beunderstodd that when the strip or band 4 for the box side is wound around the 1former 5, 85e., as shown in Fig. 5, it is to be wound upon a head 25, vlocated at one end thereof, that the Eloox side is to be nailed or tacked longitudinally to join the overlapped Vportions of the band or strip 4 together, that the surplus material of strip 4 is to be severed, that the box side is to be nailed to the head or bottoni 25, and also that a hoop or band may be vsecured upon the outer side of the Ybox over the portion where the head For these purposes means are provided for securing the head 25 `for the box in the machine Vin such manner that the strip or band 4 may bewound upon lOO the same, as shown in Fig. 4. To accomplish this, I provide a disk 26, that is adapted to lie parallel with and to be brought in proximity to the disk 7, so as to clampthe head between said disks, which disk 26 is located concentric to disk 7 when in the operative position. (See Fig. 4.) In order to cause the disk 26 t0 rotate the box-head 25 and the box-side former, I have shown the disk 26 as provided with pins or studs 26a and the disk 7 with corresponding pins 7, which are adapted to be pressed into the head 25 to firmly unite the disks 26 and 7 rotatively. The disk 26 is adapted to be moved toward and from disk 7 to grip the head 25 between them and to release said head when the box is complete. For this purpose I have shown the disk 26 as secured upon a shaft 27, thatin the operative position is concentric with shaft 2 and adapted to be brought in alinement therewith. (See Fig. 4.) The shaft 27 is supported in a suitable bearing 27a, carried by a gate 28 of suitable construction and hinged to frame l, so as to be swung across in front of disk 7 and to be moved away therefrom to permit the insertion of head 25 and the removal of the finished box. (See Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4.) The gate 28 may be suitably hinged to frame l, and for this purpose I have shown said frame provided with ears 29, which receive a shaft 30, that is journaled in brackets 3l, secured to frame 1, and the lower end of said shaft is shown located in a step 32, secured to said frame. The brackets 3l are each provided with two ears 31, between which the ears 29 of the gate are located, whereby the gate is held in a firm position. The free end of the gate 28 is shown adapted to rest upon a shelf 33 when it is closed against frame l, (see Fig. 1,) and suitable means are provided for firmly locking said gate in the closed position. The means 1 have shown for this purpose consist of a le ver 34, pivoted to the gate at 34a and provided with a shoulder 34h, that is adapted to ride behind a latch-plate 35, secured to frame l, said latch-plate being shown provided with a curved edge 35a to receive the shoulder 34, so as to draw the gate tightly shut and hold it in such position. (See Fig. 2.) The shaft 27 is shown provided with a crank-handle 36, by which it can be rotated to cause the head 25 and the box-former to be rotated to wind the box side or strip 4 upon the head 25, the strip 4 being shown so wound upon the head 25 in Fig. 4. l

As before explained, the shaft. 2'is vertically adjustable, and this is for the purpose of raising and lowering the box-side former relatively to the nailing devices (to be hereinafter described) according to the different diameters of the boxes to be made, and in this connection it is essential that shaft 27 may be likewise adj usted vertically to always have it concentric with shaft 2. For this purpose the bearings 27 for shaft 27 are shown provided in a suitable box or block 37, carried by the gate 28. The box or block 37 is shown located in a vertical slot 28a, provided in a panel 28b in gate 28, and the box 37' has vertical grooves on opposite sides that embrace the vertical walls of the slot 28a of said panel 28", as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. By this means the box or block 27 is rmly held in the gate 28 and yet permitted proper vertical adjustment, as it will slide in the panel 28". I have shown the box or block 37 as resting upon the upper end of a screw 38, that meshes with a threaded bore 38 in the gate 28, and said screw is shown provided with a hand-wheel 39 for operating it. I

40 is a lock nutor wheel threaded on screw 38 and adapted to be set tight against part of the gate to hold the screw in proper position. It will be understood that by adjusting screw 38 up ordown the box or block 37 and the shaft 27 will be correspondingly adjusted to bring it into alinement with shaft 2.

The means I have shown for adjusting shaft 2 vertically are as follows: The blocks or bearings 3 have side webs or lugs 3, that enter vertical slots 41 in brackets or guides 42, that are secured in frame l, (see Figs. 3 and 4,) and have ,vertical slots 4lst for the passage of shaft 2. (See Fig. 5.) Upon the shaft 2 are collars 2, that are adapted to bear against the bearings or blocks 3 to limit end movement of said shaft. The bearings or blocks 3 are hung upon screws 43, that work in threaded apertures 43 in webs 44 of the brackets or guides 42. (See Fig. 4.) The lower ends of screws 43 have annular heads 45, that are located beneath reduced portions or necks 45a. and the heads 45 are located in recesses 3b in the bearings or blocks 3, and upon these bearings or blocks over the recesses 3b are secured apertured plates 46, in which are located the necks 45a of screws 43. The apertures in the plates 46 are smaller than the heads 45 of screws 43, whereby said heads are locked to the bearings or blocks 3 and yet permit the screws 43 to rotate. Upon the upper ends of screws 43 are located sprocket-wheels 47, that are connected by a chain 48, and one of the screws 43 is provided with a hand-wheel 49, whereby it may be rotated.

From the foregoing it will be understood that when the hand-wheel 49 is rotated the screws 43 will be rotated conjointly and at the same speed and that as they rise or descend in their bearings 43a the bearings or blocks 3 will be likewise raised or lowered, whereby Shaft 2 will be correspondingly adjusted up 0r down.

It will be a nderstood that the screws 43 may be 'connected with the bearings or blocks 3 otherwise than as shown and that the means described for adjusting the bearings or blocks 3 may be altered, if desired.' 'lhe guides 42 are shown connected by braces 5U, and these guides have arms 42, that extend Io and are carried by frame l, and said guides are also provided with laterally-extending arms 52 at TOO IIO

their lower ends that are secured to frame l, wherebysaid guides are securely held in frame l. The parts 42, 422250, and 52 thus constitute a small frame within the main frame l.

It will be understood that when the head 25 is to be placed in position between the disks 7 and 26 it should be located concentrically to said disks and that as boxes of different transverse diameters may'be made on the machine provision should be made for readily adjusting different-sized heads 25 in position, and, further, that as the diameter of the box at the head gradually increases while the parts of the box are being adjusted together provision should be made for readily permitting of this increase. For these purposes I have shown a guide 53 to receive the head 25 and hold it in position to be clamped between the disks 7 and 26, which guide is shown int-he form of a Y and composed of a suitable forging or casting having a depending leg 53a, that is carried by a lever 54, shown pivoted at 54a to a bracket 55, secured to frame l. The legl 53 is provided with a slot 53b to receive a bolt 56, carried by the upturned end of lever 54,`the end of said lever being preferably provided with an offset to receive the leg 53a to keep the same in vertical position. 'Ihe upper arms of guide 53 are shown twisted or bent at an angle to the leg 53,(see Figs.2 and 4,) so that they present a fiat surface to the head 25, and thegguide 53 is located in line with the space between the disks 7 and 26 and in such position that the head 25 may rest in the arms of said guide and be thus held in position to be clamped between the disks 7 and 26. (Slee Fig. 4.) When the heads 25 of different-sized boxes are to be used, the guide 53 can be adjusted vertically, so as to always bring vthe heads in the proper position concentric to shaft 2. The free end of lever 54 is shown provided with an adjustable counterweight 57, adapted to balance the weight of the parts and the head 25 when upon guide 53, and said lever is shown located in a slot- 58n in a guide 58,

secured to frame 1, whereby the free end of lever 54 may have a limited vertical movement. i

59 is an adjusting-screw threaded in an aperture in guide 58 and adapted to limit the downward movement of lever 54. By this means as the diameter around the periphery of head 25 increases as the box is being produced the lever 54 can tilt, while the box acts upon guide 53 to depress the same. Furthermore, by means of the two adjustments 56 and 59 the box-head 25 can always be accurately adjusted concentric to shaft 2, according to the size of the box to be produced.

Having explained how the box may be formed and applied to its head 25, I will now describe the means I have shown for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and for vnailing the box to the head 5 around the latter and also for applying a hoop around the box over the head.

I will first describe the device for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side or strip 4 together. For this purpose I have shown a nailing-head. 60, which is located on a plane above the box-side former carried by shaft 2, and it is adapted to travel longitudinally over the wound strip 4. The main part of the nailing-head 60 comprises an angleplate or support 6l, havingavertical portion 6l, a horizontal portion 61h, and a strengthening rib or web 6l", (see Fig. 7,) and the same is secured upon a plate 62, that extends from a bracket 63, which has arms 63a, that are secured to shafts 64, supported in bearings 65, carried by the arms 42eL of brackets 42,

(see Figs. 2 and 3,) said shafts'64 being adapted toslidelongitudinally to enable the nailinghead to have the same movement over the box side 4 upon former 5, &c. At the front face of the vertical web 6la are two plates 66, that extend at right angles to said web and project outwardly therefrom and bear against the front face thereof, (see Fig. 8,) which plates are connected at their lower portion by a block 67, secured to them, Fig. 7. At their lower ends the plates66 have angle-plates 68 secured to them, the inwardly-bent ends 68a of which extend into vertical recesses 68b in the wall of `the web 6lb and also take behind the upright 6laM toguide the plates 66. (See Fig. 8.) At the upper end of web 6la are secured angle-plates 69, whose bent forward ends 69a overlap the front vertical edges of the plates 66, so as to guide the latter, the parts 68 and 69 thus permitting the plates 66 to have vertical movement on upright 61a. The plates 66 near their upper ends have vertically-arranged slots 66, in which are located webs 70, that extend from the ends of a block 70, which is located between the plates 66, and istl1usguided to have vertical movement independent of plates 66. The block 7U carries a plunger 71, that is adapted to force nails or tacks through the lapped portions of the band or box side 4 to secure them together. For this purpose the block 70 is shown provided with an oiset 70", that hasa recess or bore 70in its undersurface, in which the plunger 71 fits, the bottom of said recess serving as an abutment for said plunger, and the oiset 70b is provided witha threaded aperture 70d, passing into one side and meeting the recess 7 0, in which aperture 7 0d is located a set-screw 72, that is adapted to impinge Figs. 6 and 7.) The upper ends of links 73 are shown pivotally connected with a rockerarm 75, that projects from a rock-shaft 76, i that will be more fully described hereinafter.

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The lower end of plunger 71 works in a bore 77 in a nail-box 77( eonst.itutingl part oi` feederhead and is adapted to push nails therefrom and to drive them into the box side. The nail-box 77 is also provided with a bore 77h, to which atube 78 leads from a nail-supply, to be hereinafter described. 'lhe details of construction of this nail-box 77 are shown more clearly in Figs. 6 and 7, wherein the box 77 is shown composed of two castings 77C, placed side by side and each provided with half of the bores 77a 77", said castings being suitably secured together. Each casting 77c of the box 77 has an extension 79, that projects inwardly and rests upon the block 67 and may be secured thereto in suitable manner. l have shown the block 67 as provided with a screw 80, that passes through or b etween the extensions 79, and at its upper end it is provided with aeapstan-nut S1 for holding said extensions upon block 67. The block 67 is provided with a square recess 67, in which the head of nut 8O is located, which recess opens through the front wall ofsaid block, and said recess is extended vertically above said nut, but of less area. to receive the threaded part of screw 80, so that the screw will not pull upwardly, and infront of the recess 67BN is secured a plate 82, that is shown held to block 67 by screws 82a, whereby the head of screw 8O is held in block 67 and kept from rotating therein. The nail-box 77 is provided with two downwardly-extendiug pivoted jaws 83 84, that; are located in suitable recesses 83a 84a in said box and hung upon pivots 83b 84h carried thereby. (See Fig. 7.) The jaws S5 84 are beneath the bores 77a 77b of box 77 and are adapt-ed to receive the nails from bore 77b and to permit the passage between them of said nails and of the plunger 7l. The jaws 83 S4 abut in their normal positions, and on their meeting faces they are provided with a corresponding groove or recess S3 84, forming a bore adapted to receive a nail or tack 91 between them, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7. The lower ends of these recesses 63C 84c taper toward each other, so that the vertical edges 85 of said jaws may abut to prevent the spontaneous passage 0f the nail from between said jaws. At the upper ends of the recesses 83C 84@ the jaws 83 84 are beveled inwardly and downwardly, forming shoulders at. 85a S51 to receive the lower end of plunger 71,l whereby as said plunger is forced against said shoulders it will spread the jaws 83 S4 apart to permit the passage of the nail from between them, so that said nail may be driven into the box side. The jaws S3 S4 are normally held closed by means of springs 86 87, that. are shown coiled around pins SS S9, carried by the box 77, the ends of said springs bearing against the jaws 83 84. (See Fig. 7.)

lt will be understood that the block is to be. reciprorated by crank-arm in order to operate the plunger7l and that the webs 70a travel in the slots 66 of plates 66 and push the latter downwardly. To give a slight vertical movement to the nailbox 77 to normally hold it out of contact with theI box side, I provide springs 90, which are shown connected to the plate S2 and to the upright 61a, whereby the springs normally hold plate 82 in contact with stops 82h, carried by upright 61a. The depth of slots 66n is slightly shorter than the full downstroke of block 70, and as the plunger descends it drives the nail into the wood clearof the bottom of the nail-box, and then the Webs 70 encounter the bottoms 0f the slots, and the plates 66 are then pushed down, thereby carrying the nail-box down upon the work as the plunger continues to descend, and the nail-box presses the lapped parts of the wood together, the plunger mean- While completing the nailing operation. On the return or up stroke of block 70 the springs 90 pull the plate 82 and the nail-box upwardly from the box side until arrested by the stops S2, and thus the box side is free to rotate under the nail-box after the nail has been driven.

In order to clench the nails 91 that are driven into the overlapped portions ofthe box side bythe plunger 71,1 provide an anvil or plate 92, that is carried by one of the plates 5 of the box-side former, and this anvil 0r plate 92 is shown located in a recess in the outer surface of said plate 5, (see Fig. 5,) and it, may be secured in place by screws or rivets 93. (See Fig. 4.) Thus it will be seen that the anvil 92 is secured to the same plate 5 of the box-side former as the hook 13, and when the box side or band 4 is wound upon the box-side former, so t-hat its end portions overlap, the plate 5, that carries the anvil 92,

will be brought to rest under the nail-box 77, so that as the nails are driven through the overlapped portions of the box side they will impinge againstthe anvil and will thus be clenched against the inner side of the box. (See Fig. 5.)

It will be understood that as the nails are being driven into the box side the complete nailing-head 60, carried by the shaft 64, will be fed forwardly over the box side by a stepby-step movement, and for this purpose l have shown an arrangement as follows: 94 is a lever or crank handle secured to shaft 76 for rocking the same, and 95 is a crank-arm also secured to shaft 76, and to this crankarm is pivoted a dog or pawl 96, that is adapted to engage a rack 97, suitably secured upon frame l. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) l have shown the rack 97 in the form of a rack-bar, having bolts 97, that secure it upon frame l.

From the foregoing it will be understood that when lever or crank handle 94 is moved in the direction of the arrowa; in Fig. 2 it will rock 'the shaft 76, whereuponcrank-arm 95 will be moved forward and draw dog or pawl 96 over one tooth of rack 97, while the crankarm 75 is being operated to depress plunger 7l to drive a nail, that after the nail is driven the lever or crank 94 will be moved in the re- IOO IIO

.a nail will be driven into the box side and the nailing devices will be moved one step in position to apply a new nail.

In order to permit the shaft 64 andthe attached nailing devices to be moved backwardly to their normal positions after having driven a row of nails throughout the length of the side of the box, the dog 96 is to be disengaged from the rack 97, so as to permit the nailing devices to be moved back to their normal position, as shown in Fig. 2. For this purpose I have shown a device that will automatically cause the dog 96 to be disengaged from rack 97 as the last nail is being driven into the box side. The arrangement for this purpose is as follows: At one side of rack 97 is located a plate 98, that is adapted `to slide longitudinally, and it is shown held to the rack-bar 97 by pins or bolts 99, that pass through slots 98 in plate 98. These slots are inclined in anvupward and forward direction, so that when plate 98 is moved to the right in Fig. 2 it will rise to cause its upper edge to pass slightly above the plane of the rackteeth 97, and when moved to the left in Fig. 2 said upper edge will pass to a plane about level with the bottom of said rack-teeth in the position shown in said figure. When the plate 98 is drawn forwardly, so that its edge shall be above the rack-teeth 97, it will be in position to engage a lip 96h, (see Fig. 2,) that projects laterally from `the operative end of dog 96, whereupon said dog will be lifted ont of said rackteeth, so that the dog may slide upon the edge of plate 98 rearwardly withoutengaging the rack-teeth. The plate 98 is shown provided with an upwardly-extending finger 100, that is adapted to be engaged by the lip 96h, and the finger 100 is located adjacent to the last or forward tooth of rack 97, so that when the nail-feeding devices have moved forward in position to drive the last nail in the box side near the bottom thereof and the lever or crank handle 94 is moved forwardly to drive the last nail the lip 96b will engage the `finger 100 and draw the plate 98 forwardly, whereupon the upper edge of said plate will pass above the rack-teeth 97, and said lip will rest upon said plate. Now when the nailing devices are pushed rearwardly the lip 96b will cause the dog 96 to slip over the rack-teeth 97, and it is designed that the dog 96 will cause the plate 98 to be pushed back to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 2. For this purpose a pin 1'01 is placed in an aperture in the upper edge of plate 98 and in position to be engaged by lip 96b of dog 96. Thus when lip 96b reaches the pin 101 it will push said pin and the plate 98 rearwardly to depress the top edge' of said plate, so as to v permit the dog 96to engage the rack 97. By

preference t-he upper edge of plate 98 is provided with a series of holes to receive pin 101, so that the latter may be adjusted along the plate 98, by which means the amount of rearward movement of the nailing devices can be limited to regulate the point at which the rst nail shall be driven into a box side in accordance with the height of the various boxes to be made, because when the dog 96 pushes pin 101 and plate 98 backwardly it will engage one of the teeth of said rack 97, and thus determine how far back, the nailing devices can be pushed for different-sized boxes.

It is designed that as the nailing-head 60 is moved forwardly step by step over the box side the surplus material A of the band or strip 4 shall be severed, and for this purpose I provide a knife B, that is connected rigidly to the plate 62 and has its cutting edge b ex tended downwardly and rearwardly,as clearly shown in Fig. 7. By preference the knife or blade B has two of such cutting edges b b. The knife B is detachably connected with the plate 62, and for this purpose it is shown'lying in agro'ove or recess in an extension C2, that rises from a bar C, that extends under plate 62 and may be secured thereto by screws C3. (See Figs. 6, 7, and 7a.) The knife B is held to the extension C2 by the screw D, that passes through a slot d in said extension and meshes with a tapped hole in the knife B. (See Figs. 2 and 6.) The knife B may have a plurality of tapped holes for the screw D to permitvertical adjustment. It will be seen that the knife or blade B extends below the nail-box 77, so as to come in contact with the strip or band 4. (See Fig. 5.) Thus. as the nail-box 77 is moved forwardly to drive the nails the knife or blade B will cut through and sever the strip or band 4, so that when the box side is completely nailed the surplus material thereof will be separated theret'rom.

It will be understood that as each'nail is driven into the box side a new nail will be vpassed forward into the nail-box 77, and for this purpose I have shown arrangements which may be described as follows: To the bracket 63 is secured a standard 102, from which projects a bracket 103, to which the nail selecting or separating devices are attached, and 104 is an angle-arm, also secured to standard 102, from the depending arm of which projects a bracket 105, to which a funnel 106 is secured, which funnel connects with the tube 78, thatleads to the nail-box 77. From the upright 61a extends au arm 78a, that is connected with tube 78 to assist in holding the latter. The arm 103 is shown adjustable toward and from the standard 102 by means of a screw 1043, that passes through a slot 104b in lthe horizontal web of arm 104, which screw is threaded into the bracket 103. (See Fig. 14.) The bracket 105 is shown as IOO IIO

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adjustable vertically with relation to arm 104 by means of a slot 105L in the depending arm of said bracket, through which a screw 105b passes and is threaded into the depending web of arm 104. (See Fig. 14.) The bracket 105 at its outer end is provided with a clamp 107, adapted to engage and hold the funnel 106, whereby funnels of' different sizes may be used according to the various-sized nails. The upper flaring end of funnel 106 is located beneath the nail selecting or distributing device that is adapted to feed nails one by one to said t'unnel. The device l have shown for this purpose is organized as follows: The bracket 103 is shown provided with arms 103a 103, having a suitable space between them, in which arms are journaled a frame 107, the arm 1071 of frame 107 being shown bung upon a rock-shaft 108, that is journaled in bearings on arm 1033, the other arm 107b of frame 107 being connected with arm 103b by (See Fig. 11;) The opposite end of frame 107 is shown supported by a link 110, that is pivoted at 111 to a projection 112 on bracket 103, and the link 110 is provided with a slot 110% that receives a screw 113, carried by fratrie 107, whereby the link 110 may be secured to said frame, and the latter may be adjusted vertically by means of screw 113 and slot 110 to alter the inclination of said trame. (See Figs. 2, 3, 10, and 11.) To the under side of frame 107 is secured a track or chtite 114, having a longitudinal slot 115, through which the nails 91 may project and down which track or chute they may slide to the funnel 106. At the lower end of track 114, directlyabove funnel 106, the nail-selecting devices are located. These devices consist of' two parallel longit-udiually-movable rods 116 117, that are caxlried in bearings at the outer ends 0f the arms 107a 107b of frame 107. The rods 116 117 at one end have pins 116a 1173, between which and lthe arms 107a are located springs 118 119, that are coiled upon said rods and serve to hold the ends of the latter againsta cam 120, that is secured upon rock-shaft 108. The cam 120 is shown generally in the form of a sector having suitably-shaped cam-faces 120a 120", that are adapted to engage the ends of rods 116 117, respectively, (see Figs. 13 and 14,) whereby as the cam 120 is rocked it will, in conjunction with springs 118 119, move the rods 116 117 back and forth longitudinally. The rockshaft 108 has a crank-arm 108, tha't is pivotally connected by a link 121 with a crankarm 122, to which said link is pivoted. 'lhe crank-arm 122 is shown provided with a plurality of holes to receive the pivot 1211 to provide diiierent adjustment-s for link 121. The crank-arm 122 is secured to rock-shaft 76, so that as the latter is rocked to reciprocate the plunger 7l the cam 120 will be operated to select and feed the nails 91 one by one. From the rod 116 depends a linger 123, that is adapted to pass across the end of slot 115 in track stance, a nail that does not properly pass from slot 115. Rod117 carries a nail-selecting pin 125, that is shown adapted to pass at right angles to slot 115 of track or chute 114, so as to obstruct the passage of nails 91. The pin 125 is shown carried by a finger 126, that is connected with rod 117, and said finger is shown pivoted to said rod by a pivot 1263, that enters the latter, and the finger 126 is shown provided with an extension 126)). A spring 127 is interposed between extension 126b and rod 117, and the finger 126 has a lip 126, that engages rod 117. By this means iinger 126 is held in the normal position and is permitted to tilt to the right in Fig. 13 if the pin 125 meets with au obstruction, such as a nail 91, that has not properly passed from track or chute 114. The operation of the nail-feeding devices is substantially similar to that of the nail-feeding devices of Patent No. 461,013, issued to me on October 13, 1891.

The nails 91 are fed to the track or chute 114 from a rocking nail-pan 128. The pan 128 may be olsuitable or usual construction, and in its bottom it has a slot 1283, through which the nails 91 may pass and hang by their heads in the usual manner, which slot leads through the front wall 128b, atits lower edge, and the lower end of the slot 128 is connected with fingers 129, that project from the outer end of the box and overlie the track or chute 114, having a space 129a between them for the passage of the nails from slot 128a to said track or chute.

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and in order to permit said pan to be readily l disconnected from said frame I have shown the lower end of the pan 128 as provided with outwardly extending arms 131, that have gudgeons or pivots 132, that are journaled in sockets 133, located iu ears 133 of frame 107. (See Figs. 10 and 12.) By this means the pan 128 cau be readily lifted from frame 107, and vet can rock upon the parts 132 133. In order to hold the lower end of pan 128 down, so as to retain the gudgeons 132 in sockets 1333, I have shown a spring 134, that connects with frame 107 or ears 133 and also with pan 128, said spring being under tension to draw the lower end ol pan 128 t'lownwardly. The spring 134 may be connected with pan 128 or with ear 133, or both, by a hook or hooks 135,

carried by one or both of said parts, whereby the spring 134 can be detached when it is desired to remove pan 128.

The means I have shown for rocking pan 128 are as follows: To the outer end of pan 128 is pivotally connected a link 136, that is pivotally connected with a rocking lever or working bea-rn; 137, which is pivoted between its ends, as at 137, to uprights 138, that are connected with shafts 64. I have shown a pairof nprights 138, (see Fig. 1,) and the lower yends of these uprights are shown connected with socket-pieces 139, secured upon shafts 64, so that as the shafts 64 reciprocate the uprights 138 will follow. The pivots 137a (or the uprights 138) are connected by braces 140 with standard 102, there being two of such braces 140, (see Fig. 1,) whereby the pivot 137'a is tirlnly held, and as standard 102 is connected with shafts 64 through the medium of brackets 63 the parts 64, 63, 102, 140, 137, 138, and 139 are united in a firin structure, so that all reciprocate with the nail-feeding devices. The outer end of lever or working beam 137 is pivotally connected with a link 141, which at its lower end is pivoted to bar 142, the opposite end of which is rigidly connected with crank-arm 95. From this it will be understood that. when shaft 76 is rocked a rocking motion will be transmitted to lever or working beam v 137, and thus the pan 128 will be worked up 73, that connects with the plunger 71, is in. this case connected with a lever 150, that is shown pivoted to an arm 152, that projects from the upright 61a, (see Fig. 1,) whereby as said lever is rocked the plunger 71 will be and down for the purpose of shifting the nails about to cause them to pass through the slot 128a in the bottom thereof.

Having thus far described the device for nailing the voverlapped portions of the box side together, it remains to be explained how the box side is nailed to the head 25 and the ot" one set will suffice for both. There are,`

however, some changes in connection with these nailing devices, particularlyin the manner of operating the same, and these will be described more at length. To the gate28 is secured an upright 61, to which a nail-box 77 and its associate parts are connected, such as previously described. The nail-delivery end of the nail-box 77 is located directly over the head 25 when the gate 28 is closed, as shown in Fig. 4, and in this case there is no knife B connected with said feeder. Thelink l reciprocated to drive nails through the box side in-to the head 25. To the lever 150 is also pivotally connected a link 121, that operates the arm 108L of shaft 108, that carries cam 120 for operating the nail-selecting devices, so that as the lever 150 is rocked cam 120 will be operated to act in selecting nails for the box-head. Lever 150 is also connected .with the rocking nail-pan 128 by a link 153,

pivoted to said lever at 1533, the lever 150 and the link 153 being shown provided with a plurality of apertures to permit adjustment of pivot 153iL to give pan 128 more or less movement. Thus when lever 150 is depressed to cause 'plunger 71 to drive a nail the pan 128 will be lifted, and vice versa, It is designed that as each nail is driven into the box-head the latter will be rotated step by step a suitable distance,`and for this purpose I have provided connections between the lever 150 and shaft 27 for so rotating the boxhead. wheel 154, and upon said shaft is journaled an arm 155, to which is pivoted a dog 156, that is adapted to engage the teeth of ratchetwheel154. (See Fig. 1.) From arm 155, and preferably connected with the pivot 157, by which dog 156 is connected to said arm, eX- tends a rod 158, that is pivotally connected with lever 150, as by a pin 159, carried thereby. A spring 160, connected with arm 155 and with dog 156, serves to normally hold said dog in engagement with the ratchet-wh eel 154. Thus when lever 150 is depressed by the operator the plunger71, connected therewith, will drive a nail into the box-head through the boX side, and when said lever is raised the rod 158 will be depressed, thereby Upon shaft 27 is secured a ratchet- IOO tating shaft 27 and box-head 25 one step.l By preference the rod 158 is provided with a plurality of holes 1581*, by which pivot 157 can be adjusted along said rod to cause dog 1.56 to assume different positions relatively to ratch et-Wheel 154. I have shown an arrangement whereby the dog 156 is under the control of the operator. For this purpose the outer end of said dog is shown pivotally connected by a rod 161 with one arm of a bellcrank lever 162, pivotally connected with lever 150, as by the pivot 159, and the other arm of said bell-crank lever is connected by a rod 163 with a bell-crank 164, that is pivotally connected withlever 150, as by a pivot 165, the lever 164 having an arm 166, adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator. (See Fig. 1.) Thus when the arm 166 is drawn toward lever 150 bell-crank lever 162 will be tilted and will draw on rod 161'to disengage dog- 156 from ratchetwheel 154. By this means lever 150 can be operated independently without rotating shaft 127 and the boxhead connected therewith. I have shown the rod 161 as provided with a plurality of holes 1613, adapted to receive the pivot 1611), that connects rod 161 with dog 156 to permit adjustment between said rod and said dog.

It will be understood that when lever 150 is depressed the nail-box 77, carried by the gate 28, will drop down upon the box over the head 25 in manner similar to that described with regard to the nail-box 77, that is carried by shafts 64, and that when lever 150 is raised the said nail-box 77 will be lifted from said box through the influence of plates 66 and block 70 in manner before described. When itis desired to applyahoop or band 167 around the bottom of the box and over the head 25, (see Fig. 4,) said band is fed into the machine directly beneathithe nail-box 77, that is carried by gate 28, and as the nails are driven by said feeder they will pass through said hoop, through the box side, and into the head 25, thus securing said parts together. As the head 25 and the box are given a step-by-'step rotary motion through the medium of lever 150, ratchet-wheel 154, and the connected parts, the hoop 167 will be gradually fed into the machine and nailed as it is fed. In order to properly guide the hoop 167 over the head 25, I have shown the gate 28 as provided with a guide 168, that has a vertical web 168, that is located adjacent to the head 25 and parallel therewith when the gate 28 is closed, against which web the hoop 167 may bear. (See Figs. 4 and 4b.) The guide 168 is shown secured to gate 28 by bolts 169, and in order that said guide will not interfere with the nailing devices 77, carried by shafts 64, when they have reached the bottom of the box said guide is shown provided with a depression 1681. Thus the guide 168 is shown in the form of a hook having its operative part extending from the inner' face of gate 28, and its part 168a ext-ends forwardly tangentially of head 25 in position to be en gaged by the band 4. As shown in Fig. 1,' the nailing devices 77, &c., that are Vcarried by gate 28, are located a little to one side of the plane of the nailing devices 77, dac., carried by shafts 64, and the guide 168 is located a little to the-left (Fig. 1) of the nailing devices 77, carried by shafts 64; but the upper edge of web 168a of guide 168 alines with or projects slightly above the periphery of the box.

The standard 102, that is carried by gate 28 for the nail-selecting devices, is shown somewhat in different form from that previously described; but that is immaterial.

The complete operation of the machine in making a box is Las follows: The vgate 28 is opened. The box-side former 5 6, &c ,is adjusted to the size of the box to be made. Shafts 2 and 27 are adjustedcorrespondingly, and the guide 53 is adjusted vertically, so as to hold the proper-sized head 25 in position concentric with the shaft 2. A head 25 is next placed upon guide 53, so as to abut against the plates 5 of the box-side former, and the gate is then closed and locked, whereupon the teeth 7:L 26l will be pressed into the head 25, and thus the parts 2, 7, 25, and 27 will be rotatively united together. The band or strip 4 for the box side is then passed between rollers 1 5 and 24 until its end engages hook 13, carried by plate 5, the levers 16 18 having been iirst operated so as to raise roller 15. The roller 15 is then pressed down upon strip 4 by placing the end of lever 18 in step 19 or 19a and raising the free end of the same, causing lever 16 to carry roller 15 down upon band 4. The crank or handle 36 is then rotated, whereupon head 25 and the box-side former 5, &c., will be carried around, and the band 4 will be wound around the box-side former and the head 5 until it overlaps, as Shown in Fig. 5, whereupon the parts will be brought to rest, with the anvil 92 beneath the nail-box 77, that is carried by shafts 64. Said nail-box 77 will have been adjusted to its rearward position, so that the first nail to be driven in the box side will be near the edge of the latter opposite the head 25. Lever94 will be next moved in the direction of the arrow @o in Fig. 2 to drive a nail through the overlapped portions of the box side, whereupon dog 97 will step forward across one tooth of rack-bar 96, and the pan 128 through its connections with shaft 76 will be tilted on its pivot and the cam 120 will be rocked to cause the parts it controls to select a nail. Lever 94 is next moved backwardly, whereupon the plunger 71 is raised, cam 120 is operated to cause a new nail to drop to nail-box 77, crank-arm 95 is moved back to cause pan 128 to operate, and dog 96 by abuting against a tooth of rack 97 causes the nail-box 7 7 shafts 64,an d the connected parts to move forwardly one step. This process is repeated each time lever 94 is rocked forth and back, and the nails are thus driven into thesides of the box at suitable distances apart step by step until the said nail-box 77 reaches the lower end of the box and the last nail is driven into the side thereof. During the stroke that drives the last nail the lip 96b of dog 96 engages finger 100, and thus draws plate 98, which rises and acts to release the dog from the rack-teeth. During the time that the nail-box 77 is being moved along to drive the nails the knife B will be acting to cut the surplus material from the strip or band 4, as previously described. Thereupon the sides of the box are to be nailed to the bottoni 25, and if a hoop 157 is to be fastened to the box the latter is fed under the box 77, carried by gate 28. Whether the hoop is there or not the feeding of the box side to the head will be accomplished as follows: Lever 150 is first depressed, whereupon the plunger 71, connected therewith, will be forced down to drive a nail through the box side (and hoop) and into the head 25, while at the same time rod 158 will lift arm 155 and dog 156, and lever 150 will raise pan 1'28 and will also cause cam 120 to operate the nail-selecting devices controlled thereby. Lever 150 will next be raised, whereupon the plunger 7l will rise, pan 128 will be depressed, cam 120 will canse a new nail to drop to the box 77, and as the outer end of lever 150 descends it will cause IOO IIO

dog 156 to rotate ratchet-wheel 154, shaft 27, and the box head and sides one step. This is continued each time lever 150 is operated, thus rotating the box-head and the box side intermittently step by step and driving a nail each time a new portion of the box side and head is moved beneath the box '77. When the sides of the box are thus nailed to the head 25, the gate 28 is swung open and the box removed from the machine complete and ready for use.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details ot' construction shown and described, as they may be varied without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is'- 1. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby, a gate connected with said frame, means carried' by said gate for clamping a box-head to said former, and for rotating said head and former, and means for driving nails into the box side and for nailing the box to said head, substantially as described.

2. A box-making machine'comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby, a gate connected with said frame, means carried by said gate for clamping a box-head to said former, means carried by the gate for rotating said head and former, means for driving nails into the box side and for nailing the box to said head, and means for cutting off thesurplus material of the box side as the same is being nailed, substantially as described.

3. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby, a gate pivotally connected with said frame, a shaft rotatively carried by said gate, a clamping device carried by said shaft to clamp a box-head to said former, means for rotating said clamping device to rotate the lbox head and former, and means for nailing the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

4. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby and having a clamping-disk, a gate pivotally connected with said frame, a shaft rotatively carried by said gate, a clampingdisk carried by said shaft for rotatively connecting a box-head with the disk of the boxside former, means for rotating said`shaft to rotate said head and said former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

5. A `box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side fo'rmer rotatively carried there by and having a disk provided with projections or pins, a gate pivotally connected with said frame, a shaft yrotatively carried by said gate, a disk carried by said shaft and 'having projections or pins and adapted to clamp a box-head to the disk ofthe box-side former, means for rotating said shaft to roceases tate said disks and-head, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side and the box side to saidl head, substantially as described.

6. A boxmaking machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby, a gate pivotally connected with said frame, means for clamping a box-head to said box-side former, aguide located beneath said former between the frame and the gate and adapted to hold the box-head in position against the former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side and box side to said head, substantially as described.

7. A boxmaking machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby, a gate pivotally connected with said frame, means for clamping a box-head to said former, means for rotating said head and former, a forked guide located beneath said former between the frame and the gate and movably supported to have vertical movement to hold a head in position to be clamped to said former, means for movably supporting said guide, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

8. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby,a gate pivotally carried by said frame, means carried by the gate for clamping a boxhead to said former, a forked guide located beneath the former between the frame and the gate and adapted to hold the head in position vto be clamped to said former, a lever pivotally carried by said frame to which said guide is connected to allow the guide to move toward and from the former, and means for nai-ling the overlapped portions of the box side and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

9. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby-3a gate pivotally carried by said frame, means carried by the gate for clamping a boxhead to said former, a forked guide located beneath the former between the frame and the gate and adapted to hold a head in position to be clamped to said former, a lever pivotally carried by said frame and having a counterweight to allow the guide to move toward and from the former, said guide being adjustably carried by said lever, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

l0. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby,a gate pivotally. carried by said frame,

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means carried by the gate for clamping a boxhead to said former, a forked guide located beneath the former between the frame and the gate and adapted to hold a head in position to be clamped to said former, a lever pivotally carried by said frame to allow the guide to move toward and from the former, a counterweight carried by the lever, said guide being ad j ustably connected with said lever, means for regulating the position of the free end of said lever, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together, and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

11. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a box-side former rotatively carried thereby,agate pivotally carried by said frame, means carried by the gatefor clam ping a boxhead to said former, a forked guide located beneath said former between the frame and the gate and adapted to hold a head in position to be clamped to said former, a lever pivotally carried by said frame to allow the guide to move toward and from the former, a connterweight carried by said lever, said guide having two upwardly-projecting arms and a depending arm adjustably connected with said lever, means for regulating the movement of the outer end of said lever, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

12. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a horizontal shaft carried thereby, a box-side former carried by said shaft and comprising means for increasing and decreasing its diam eter, said shaft being adjustably held to enable its location to be altered, means adjustabiy carried by said frame for clamping a box-head to said former, whereby said means may be alined with said shaft in the different positions of the latter, means for rotating said box-head when clamped to said box-side former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

13. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a shaft adjustably carried thereby so that its .position may be altered, a box-side former carried by said shaft and comprising means for increasing and decreasing its diameter, a shaft adjustably carried by said frame to enable it to be alined with the rstmentioned shaftin any position of the latter, means carried by the second-mentioned shaft for clamping a box-head to the box-side former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

14:. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a shaft extending longitudinally thereof, bearings for said shaft, means for supporting and adjusting said bearings vertically in said frame, a box-side former carried by said shaft, said former comprising means for inframe, a shaft extendinglongitudinally thereof, bearings for said shaft, screws rotatively connected with said bearings and arranged to support the same, means carried by said frame for supporting said screws to canse them to be raised or lowered as they are rotated, means for rotating said screws in conjunction, a box-side former carried by said shaft and comprising means for increasing and decreasing its diameter, a gate pivotally connected with said frame, a shaft 27, a bearing for said shaft adjustably carried by said gate, a screw for operating said bearing, means carried by the shaft 27 forplam ping a box-head to the box-side former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

16. rlhe combination of a frame, a shaftlocated longitudinally thereof, bearings for said shaft, screws rotatively connected with said bearings and arranged to support the latter, supports for said screws having threaded bores with which said screws mesh, sprocketwheels carried by said screws, a chain connecting said sprocket-wheels, means for rotating one of said screws to communicate motion to the other, a box-side former carried by said shaft and comprising means for increasing and decreasing its diameter, means for clamping a box-head to said former, means for rotating said head and former, and means fornailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head,

substantially as described.

17. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a shaft located longitudinally thereof, bearings for said shaft, means for adjustably supporting said bearings so as to raise and lower said shaft, a gate pivotally connected with said frame, a shaft 27, a bearing for said shaft carried in guides in said gate, said gate having a threaded aperture 38a, a screw meshing in said aperture whereby said bearing can be adjusted, means carried by shaft 27 for clamping a box-head to the box-side former, means for rotating said head and box-side former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together andthe box side to said head, substantially as described.

18. A box-making machine comprising a frame, a shaft rotatively carried thereby, means for adjusting the shaft laterally, a boxside former carried by said shaft and comprising a plurality of plates 5, arms project.- ing therefrom, devices carried by thelshaft for supporting said arms, and means for conjoinily moving said arms longitudinally, means for clamping a box-head to the boxside former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

19. The combination of afraine, a sha-ft rotatively carried thereby, means for adjusting the shaft laterally, a box-side former carried by said shaft and comprising a pair of disks IOO IIO

45 of disks secured to the latter and provided secured to said shaft, arms movably connected with said disks, plates 5 connected with pairs of said arms, means for conjointly moving said arms longitudinally, means for clamping a box-head against said box-side former, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of thebox side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

20. The combination of a frame, a shaft rotatively carried thereby, means for adjusting the shaft laterally, a box-side former connected with said shaft, and comprising a pair of disks secured to said shaft and having radial slots, arms located in said slots and adapted .to move longitudinally, teeth carried by said arms, plates connecting pairs of said arms, a sleeve carried by said s haft and adapted to rotate thereon and having Wormthreads engaging the teeth of said arms, whereby said arms may be moved longitudinally, means for clamping a box-head to one of said disks, and means for nailing theoverlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

21. The combination of a frame, a shaft rotatively carried thereby, a box-side former connected with said shaft and comprising a pair of disks secured to said shaft and having radial slots, arms located in said slots and adapted to move longitudinally, teeth carried by said arms, plates 5 connecting pairs of said arms, a sleeve carried by said shaft and adapted to rotate thereon and having wormthreads engaging the teeth of said arms, whereby said arms may be moved longitudinally, means for locking said sleeve to said shaft, means for clamping a box-head to one of said disks, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

22. The combination of aframe, a shaft rotatively carried thereby, a box-side former carried by saidk shaft and comprising a pair with radial slots, a sleeve located between said disks and having end anges provided with Worm-threads, arms located in said slots and adapted tomove longitudinally and provided with teeth to engage the worm-threads, plates 5 carried by pairs of said arms, means for clamping a box-head against one of said disks, and means for nailing the overlapped portions of the box side together and the box side to said head, substantially as described.

23. The combination of a frame, brackets orguides 42 secured therein and each having a vertical slot, bearings or blocks 3 guided to travel in said slots, a shaft 2 journaled in said bearings or blocks, means for preventing endwise movement of said shaft, said brackets or guides each having a threaded aperture, a screw journaled in each of said apertures and pivotally connected with said bearings or blocks so as to suspend the latter, means for rotating said screws, an expansible box-side former carried by said shaft, means for clamping a box-head to said former, and means for nailing the box while upon said former, substantially asl described.

24. The combination of a frame, brackets or guides carried thereby and each having a vertical slot, bearings or blocks guided in said slots,each bearing having a recess,each of said brackets having a threaded aperture, a screw journaled in each of said apertures and having a head in the recess of the corresponding bearing or block anda reduced portion or neck, an apertured plate receiving said reduced portion or neck of each screwand secured to the corresponding bearing or block to retain the screw in connection therewith, means for rotating said screws, an expansible box-side former carried by said shaft, means for clamping a box-head to said former, and means for nailing the box While upon said former, substantially as described.

- 25. The combination of a frame, a shaft rotatively carried thereby, a box-side former carried by said shaft and adapted to wind a strip or band upon it, a lever 16 pivotally carried by said frame and having an arm to act upon said strip or band, a lever carried by the first-mentioned lever for operating it, and a rest for the second-mentioned lever, whereby the latter can hold the first-mentioned lever in the operative position, and said arm may be caused to act and be held upon said strip or band, substantially as described.

26'. The combination of a frame, a shaft rotatively carried thereby, a box-side former carried by said shaft and adapted to Wind a strip or band upon it, a lever 16 pivotally carried by said frame and having an arm to act upon said strip or band, a lever 18 pivoted to the lever 16, and a step carried by said frame to receive one end of lever 18, wherebysaid arm may be causedto act upon said strip or band, substantially as described.

27. The combination of a frame, a shaft carried thereby, a box-side former carried by said shaft, a gate pivotally carried by said frame, means carried by said gate for clamping a boxhead to said former and for rotatingsaid head and former, a guide carried by said gate for guiding a hoop as it is wound on the box, and means for nailing the box and the hoop thereto, substantially as described.

28. The combination of a frame, a shaft carried thereby, a box-side former carried by said shaft, a gate pivotally carried by said frame, means carried by said gate for clamping a boxhead to said former and for rotating said head and former, a guide carried by said gate and having its operati-ve end in the form of a hook with a vertical web adjacent to the boxhead for guiding a hoop as it is wound upon said box, and means for nailing the box and the hoop thereto, substantially as described.

29. The combination of a frame, a box-side former carried thereby, means for clamping a box-head to said former, a nail-box and plun- IOO IIO

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